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Patent GB-2456761-A (GB)
Title: Post clamp
Inventor: DAVIDSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 2008-01-22
Abstract: The invention relates to a post clamp comprising a rectangular clamp body or collar 12 supported on tour legs 14,16,18,20, which extend downwardly and radiate out from the four corners of the clamp body 12. The clamp body 12 is preferably in two halves 22,24, held together by removable pins 36 located in sleeves 32,34. The clamp body may also comprise a clamping means in the form of a threaded rod 40 with a handle 42 and pad (44, Figure 2) at its respective ends, engaged in a threaded boss 38 on the clamp body 12.
Patent GB-2458875-A (GB)
Title: Reversible insert for a box
Inventor: HENDERSON RICHARD EDWARD
IPC: A45C11/16
Filed: 2008-02-25
Abstract: An insert 10 is arranged to fit inside the lid 55 or body 57 of a box so as to cover an inner surface of the box. The insert comprises a padded side 20 that is arranged to correspond to at least one other inner surface of the box and another side 30 that is engraveable. The insert is arranged in use to be placed in either the lid section 56 or body section of a box, such as a jewellery box. The orientation of the insert in the box can be reversed, with the aid of ring pulls 41, 42 so as to enable the user of the box to have the insert appear like another surface of the box, or show the engraveable side.
Patent GB-2459150-A (GB)
Title: Tennis Court Rain Cover
Inventor: MACTAGGART GRAHAM STUART
IPC: E04H15/36
Filed: 2008-04-16
Abstract: A tennis court rain cover including a lightweight waterproof fabric (b) with sleeves into which flexible poles (a) are inserted, wherein the poles are preferably sectional and made of fibre-glass. The poles are then bent into an arch and cross braces, chords (y), are fixed to the pole, at a number of points along the poles length to add the required stability. The structure can then be secured to the ground or to the court surround by the use of tensioning chords.
Patent GB-2450792-A (GB)
Title: Grooves formed on the striking plate of a golf club head
Inventor: SOLHEIM JOHN A
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2008-06-27
Abstract: A golf club head striking face has at least one groove 200 including a pair of side walls 210, 220 and a bottom wall 230. The bottom wall 230 includes a protrusion 240 which divides the groove 200 into two channels 250, 260. The channels 250, 260 may have a segmented cross-section, with distinct parts such as bottom wall parts 232, 234, or may have a continuous, smooth, "U"-shape (Fig 4). The cross-section of the groove may also be "W"-shaped (Figs 5, 6 and 7) and again either segmented or smooth in nature. The protrusion 240 may also have parallel side walls and a flat end-wall (Fig 8) or may have diverging side walls from the bottom 230 of the groove 200 with an end wall that includes a depression (Fig 9). There may be many protrusions 240 within the groove 200 (Fig 10). Preferably, the groove 200 is asymmetric, with a segmented side and a smooth side either side of the protrusion peak (Fig 11). The protrusion 240 may be discontinuous along the groove 200.
Patent GB-2461318-A (GB)
Title: Countdown timer socket
Inventor: FRANKLIN PETER JOHN
IPC: G04C23/42
Filed: 2008-06-28
Abstract: A self-contained unit allows the plug 1 of an electrical appliance to be connected to an ac mains socket 2. The unit has an electronic circuit containing an adjustable electronic countdown device which cuts power to the appliance upon reaching zero. The unit has an LCD display 3 showing the remaining time. The time is fully adjustable and there may be an override switch to turn the supply off irrespective of the remaining time on the countdown timer. The unit may be battery powered 4 so that settings can be changed before plugging it in. The unit reduces waste and fire hazard from hot appliances such as irons and hair straighteners being left on.
Patent GB-2453632-A (GB)
Title: Control of a Vehicle Cooling Fan
Inventor: RAMASWAMY DEEPA
IPC: B60K11/06
Filed: 2008-09-24
Abstract: A system and method for controlling the speed of a cooling fan in a vehicle such as a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), the system comprises: a number of vehicle subsystems 107, 109, 111, 114, 115 and a vehicle controller 102. The vehicle subsystems are configured to generate a plurality of subsystem temperature signals that are indicative of a measured temperature for each vehicle subsystem; The vehicle controller is operable to generate a desired fan speed signal for each vehicle subsystem in response to each subsystem temperature signal and to compare each desired fan speed signal to each other to determine a maximum desired fan speed signal. The vehicle controller then controls a fan 160 such that the fan reaches a fan speed that is equal to or greater than the maximum desired fan speed signal. Preferably the subsystems may include a transmission unit, a generator, starter-generator, power electronic circuitry, a dc/dc converter and a motor.
Patent GB-2450300-A (GB)
Title: Crawling handle for thermal imaging camera
Inventor: NUGENT TIMOTHY
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2007-03-07
Abstract: A thermal imaging camera is provided that facilitates crawling by a user has a handle that supports the user's hand off of a floor and protects the camera. The handle includes a grip with a front bumper guard and a base having a widened portion at its butt end that has bumpers. Side bumpers at the opposite end of the handle extend outwardly from the sides of the handle which are coplanar with the bumpers at the butt end, to keep the handle generally parallel to the ground. The bumpers at the butt end and adjacent to the camera extend farther out than any other part of the handle or camera. The handle is removable and re-attachable to the camera. A removable handle alone for a portable, camera is also provided.
Patent GB-2450302-A (GB)
Title: An amplifier circuit with cross-coupled cascode transistors
Inventor: KERN ALEXANDRA
IPC: H03F1/22
Filed: 2007-06-26
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide differential pair amplifier circuits including cross-coupled cascode transistors. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Patent GB-2459954-A (GB)
Title: A waste water outlet unit
Inventor: STIMPSON ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: E03C1/22
Filed: 2004-09-17
Abstract: A waste water outlet unit for a shower tray having a drain opening, the unit having a cover (20) comprising a non-screw threaded attachment arrangement (68,72) by which the cover (20) can be securely and releasably attached to the waste water outlet unit and a cover retaining arrangement positioned adjacent the drain opening and including one or more cover support members (60) having a head (62) and an engagement ridge (64) co-operable with the non-screw threaded arrangement of the cover (20) so that the cover is releasably engagable with the cover support members (60).
Patent GB-2457632-A (GB)
Title: Distillation apparatus for extraction of essential oils from plant matter
Inventor: BALASS MOSHE
IPC: B01D5/00
Filed: 2007-12-05
Abstract: A distillation apparatus for extracting volatile oils from plant matter, comprising at least one vessel comprising a container with an open mouth, the container being divided into at least one upper chamber and at least one lower chamber by at least one removable grid, a lid for covering the open mouth, at least one condenser detachably coupled to said vessel via at least one delivery tube, at least one collector for collecting a distillate, at least one return tube coupling the collector to the vessel, a recirculating cooling system comprising at least one electric pump and outgoing and incoming conduits for coupling to at least one reservoir of contained coolant liquid, wherein the dimensions of the components are selected such that the condenser, collector and return tube are storable within the vessel.
Patent GB-2458599-A (GB)
Title: An extract
Inventor: WILLIAMS CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: A23L33/00
Filed: 2007-12-18
Abstract: The invention relates to compositions that include an oil extract rich in fatty acid amide compounds including N-acylethanolamine (NAE) compounds such as N-palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and N-arachidonoylethanolamide (AEA). The composition may be derived from marine materials including mussel meat.
Patent GB-2466539-A (GB)
Title: Reflective or transmissive panel for photographic lighting
Inventor: ASTILL GARY JAMES
IPC: G03B15/06
Filed: 2009-09-15
Abstract: A photographic lighting apparatus 10 is adapted to rest upon a support surface, and comprises an operative panel 20 having a light reflective and/or light transmissive screen or wall 22. A support member 40, which is preferably adjustable, supports the operative panel in an inclined orientation relative to the support surface. The angle of the wall is therefore adapted to direct light upwardly. Such photographic lighting apparatus may be used as a light reflector or a light diffuser and is of particular utility for lighting the subject of a photograph from below.
Patent GB-2475718-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic surface comprising structural slab with randomly positioned wells.
Inventor: MATTHEWS IAN PHILIP
IPC: E04B1/86
Filed: 2009-11-27
Abstract: A profiled panel (1) has troughs and peaks along its length that provide wells (4) into which a building material such as concrete is poured to produce a structural building element that on one side has an irregular profile that provides a sound absorbing acoustic surface and a substantially flat surface on the other side of the element. The structural element or slab may comprise a building wall or a building ceiling/floor unit. The panel (1) may be removed from the slab once the concrete has hardened. Other building materials may be a concrete and resin mix or Corion (RTM). The panel (1) may be metal, plastic, timber or fibre-reinforced material and it may have a release coating to separate easily from the concrete. The wells (4) may be rectilinear and are preferably in a random or pseudo-random array. A method of making the acoustic surface is also claimed.
Patent GB-2470622-A (GB)
Title: Stereoscopic display using electrically controlled birefringence liquid crystals and polarisation viewing glasses
Inventor: JUNG SUNGMIN
IPC: G02B30/25
Filed: 2009-12-16
Abstract: A 3D stereoscopic image display device comprising a display device 150 configured to display a first image data and a second image data in a time-dividing manner, a switchable retarder panel 160 made of electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) liquid crystals, and polarisation glasses 170 configured to polarise the light emitted from the switchable retarder panel, wherein the polarization glasses comprise a left eyeglass comprising a polariser having a tilt of 45° about a light absorbing axis, and a right eyeglass comprising a polariser having a tilt of 135°about the light absorbing axis. The three dimensional display may emit linearly or circularly polarized light. Alternative configurations for the user polarisation glasses are disclosed including the use of half-wave plates, compensation plates and quarter-waves plates in the left and/or right lenses with a 90° difference in the optical absorbing axes. The device enables 3D viewing using the polarisation glasses or standard 2D viewing without the specialist eyewear.
Patent GB-2479115-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasonic flow measurement based on propagation time of Lamb waves
Inventor: KIPPERSUND REMI ANDRE
IPC: G01F1/66
Filed: 2009-12-21
Abstract: A flowmeter measures fluid flow 130 within a conduit 120 including a wall 110. The apparatus includes transducers 100A, 100B for alternately emitting and receiving ultrasonic radiation through the conduit wall and the flow. The transducer arrangement in cooperation with the conduit provides a first path 200 for Lamb-wave ultrasonic radiation coupling directly from a first transducer to a second transducer, solely through the wall, to generate a first received signal. The transducer arrangement also provides at least one second path 210 for ultrasonic propagation along the wall via Lamb waves coupling to at least a portion of the flow from a first transducer to a second transducer to generate a second received signal. A signal processor determines signal propagation time periods through the first path and through the second path in upstream and downstream directions, and determines properties of the flow including fluid flow velocity in the conduit and sound velocity through the fluid. A flow restriction, pressure sensor and temperature sensor may be provided to determined viscosity or density.
Patent GB-128277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aircraft.
IPC: F41A19/05
Filed: 1917-07-11
Abstract: 128,277. Vickers, Ltd., Challenger, G. H., and Duncan, T. S. July 11, 1917. Machine guns; fire between aircraft propeller blades, controlling and synchronizing.-Relates to guns mounted on aircraft and controlled by the propelling motor so as to fire between the propeller blades, for example as described in Specification 124,486. According to the invention, (1) the hand sear of the gun is actuated by a rotary device driven from the motor, (2) the shafting or gearing is so arranged that the gun can be elevated and the mechanism casing be opened and closed without affecting the timing and setting of the device, and (3) two or more guns are interconnected and can be elevated and timed separately. In the form shown in side view in Fig. 3 and in cross-section in Fig. 4, a rotary cam disk B for actuating the hand sear is mounted on a transverse shaft b on the hinged cover A<3> of the mechanism casing A<2>; and the shaft b is connected to the motor through adjustable timing disks D<1>, D<2>, bevel gear d, d<1>, and flexible shaft D, which is connected to the motor by a dog clutch, and is disposed in a vertical plane parallel to the axis of the gun, so as not to be twisted when the gun is elevated; such twisting would alter the timing of the cam. The cam disk is thrown in and out of action with the hand sear by means of a spring b<1> and a Bowden wire B<2>. In modifications, Oldham's couplings, epicyclic gears, and telescopic shafts with universal joints are used for the transmission mechanism between the motor and the cam shaft b, and between the cam shafts of interconnected guns. In the modification, shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the gun, mounted on brackets A<x>, is elevated about an axis a<x>, and the cam shaft b is driven from a shaft E through bevel gearing F<2>, F<3>, telescopic shaft F, and bevel gearing F<1> enclosed in a casing g. When the gun is elevated, the shaft F is drawn through the gear wheel F<2> at the same time as it is twisted by the elevating of the gun; to prevent the timing being affected by this, the shaft and the bevel wheel are keyed together by an inclined key way f<x>.
Patent GB-141378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to books and the like
IPC: B42F5/00
Filed: 1920-04-10
Abstract: 141,378. Mayhew, R. June 10, 1916, [Convention date]. Picture and other illustrated books.-A combined book and album for gramophone records has printed or illustrative matter, or both, on the pages forming the fronts of the pockets in which the corresponding records are placed. The pockets 17 are formed by securing together the outer and bottom edges 16 of adjacent pages 15, of which the front one bears illustrative matter and also printed matter 21 relating to the subject-matter of the record 13, which is also illustrated on a part of the back of the record appearing through a hole 18. The hole 18 may be dispensed with, and the corresponding illustration placed in the page itself.
Patent GB-583913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cranes for tractors
IPC: B66C23/36
Filed: 1944-05-24
Abstract: 583,913. Jib cranes. DOWSETT ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION, Ltd., and CROOK, C. L. May 24, 1944, No. 10075. [Class 78 (iv)] A crane attachment for a tractor known under the Registered Trade Mark " Caterpillar " comprises a lower horizontal frame, an upper frame inclined upward from rear to front, uprights and stays or bracings connecting said frames, a forwardly projecting jib fixed to the upper frame, pulleys at the forward end of the jib and near its rear end, and a load supporting sheave block at the forward end of the jib connected by a cable passing over said pulleys to a winch on the tractor. The lower horizontal frame is so constructed that it enables the attachment to be secured to the tractor at positions on the tractor lying within the area enclosed by the endless tracks. In the embodiment shown the attachment comprises a jib 20 secured by bolts 23, 24 to transverse members 15 of the upper frame which is supported by uprights 16 and girders 17, 18 on the lower frame comprising side members 12 and transverse members 13. Adjacent the sprocket wheel shaft 31 each member 12 is provided with a bracket 32 to which is bolted a bearing block for receiving a pivot member 33 extending from a bracket casting 34 bolted to the rear axle bracket of the tractor. The members 12 also carry pillars 35 with which are integral brackets 36 carrying plates 37, 38 which may be bolted to the chassis of the tractor. Specification 330,021, [Class 78 (iv)], is referred to.
Patent GB-471986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to kettles
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 1936-04-06
Abstract: 471,986. Kettles. ABERDEEN, M., and ABERDEEN, W. April 6, 1936, No. 10076. [Class 66] One end of a kettle handle 4 is hingedly connected at 5 to the hinged cover 1 of the combined spout and filling opening 3, the other end being slidable on a guide bar 6 attached to the rear part of the top. The cover 1 is provided with a steam-operated whistle 7. A central opening for cleaning purposes is closed by a cover 8.
Patent GB-652312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to containers for powdered or granular materials
IPC: B65D33/38
Filed: 1948-04-12
Abstract: 652,312. Boxes; paper containers. METAL BOX CO., Ltd., MEDWAY PAPER SACKS, Ltd., and MORGAN, G. W. L. April 12, 1948, No. 10148. [Classes 18, 66 and 94(ii)] A paper container has a spout comprising two flanged rings, one 19 fitting within the other 18 to grip between their flanges 23, 26, and their collars 20, 25, the margin of an aperture in the vessel wall or in a sheet for subsequent attachment thereto. The parts are secured by adhesive. The sheet or wall may be of bitumen-lined paper to permit the turning outwardly of the margin of the aperture for gripping between the collars, prior to fitting the rings. Alternatively paper may be damped and moulded or the rings applied to the unformed paper and the securing of the spout performed in one operation. If the spout is attached to a sheet the sheet 15 may be interposed between the end closing flaps of a collapsable container, the outer flaps 42 being apertured to fit over the spout and the whole being secured adhesively. A finishing sheet may cover the folded flaps. In another form the end closing flaps may have a central space when folded over, the spout with its sheet being positioned over the space. In a plainended container, the spout may be passed through an aperture in the sheet secured to an end wall. The spout may be threaded for a screw cap or plug.
Patent GB-571343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to coupling means for the tubular conductors of electriccables or other tubular elements
IPC: H01R4/60
Filed: 1943-06-23
Abstract: 571,343. Two-part couplings. BRUNO PATENTS, Inc. June 23, 1943, Nos. 10161 and 10162. Convention dates, June 23, 1942, and Sept. 18, 1942. [Class 38 (i)] [Also in Group XXVIII] A coupling for the outer conductor sections 1 of a coaxial electrical cable comprises coupling members 11, 21 having interengaging conical surfaces 4, 10, the angle of the surface 4 being slightly smaller than the angle of the surface 10 so that they contact at their inner ends 7, the flanges 31, 32 of the members being connected by bolts 19 and one or more loose flanges 11. Packing 16 may be provided in a recess in the member 1<1> and compressed by a rib 18 on the end face of the member 2<1>. A shoulder 5 on the member 1<1>, Fig. 7, contacts the end face of the member 2<1> to prevent undue distortion of the conical end 4 of the member 1<1>.
Patent GB-1417162-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of waste material obtained during the production of rubber
IPC: C02F3/12
Filed: 1972-03-03
Abstract: 1417162 Animal feed UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA and W R STANTON 17 April 1973 [3 March 1972] 10170/72 Heading A2B [Also in Divisions Cl and C6] Animal foodstuffs are prepared from algae obtained in a process for treating waste material produced during the manufacture of rubber. The process comprises partially clarifying the waste material, admixing the partially clarified liquor with algal flora of one or more of the genera of the Divisions Chlorophyta, Euglenophyta and Cyanophyta and allowing the algae to grow in the presence of light and then collecting the algae. Preferably algal flora of the genera Chlorella, Scenedesmus or Spirulina is employed although other genera which may be used include Oscillatoria, Euglena, Monoraphidium and Oocystis. Additional carbon sources e.g. waste molasses, canning waste, tapioca waste and oil-palm factory waste, can be added during the process. The algal material serves to enrich foodstuff preparations in protein and other nutrients, and may supplement a tapioca feed and replace conventional additives such as maize and proteinaceous additives such as fish meal.
Patent GB-309175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fertilizers
IPC: C05C5/00
Filed: 1929-04-02
Abstract: 309,175. Vilain, A. A. J., and Vilain, C. A. A., (trading as Vilain FrÞres). April 7, 1928, [Convention date]. Manures.-A manure is made by treating mineral dolomite with nitric acid.
Patent GB-809962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrostatic separating method and apparatus
Inventor: BRASTAD WILLIAM ANDREAS
IPC: B03C7/04
Filed: 1956-04-03
Abstract: 809,962. Electrostatic separation. GENERAL MILLS Inc. April 3, 1956, No. 10203/56. Class 117. Electrostatic separating apparatus which may be used for the purification of flour middlings land sizings by removal of bran particles comprises a perforated upper electrode 22 secured by side plates 24 of transparent insulating material to a lower electrode 20. A support 38 secured to but insulated from the electrode 20 is connected to a base 54 by a spring 48 and is clamped to a further spring 60 mounted above an electromagnet 70, an armature (not shown) being secured beneath a leg 44 of the support 38 for co-action with the electromagnet. A hopper 84 at the rear end of the lower electrode contains the material to be treated which, when the electrode assembly is caused to vibrate by a supply unit 74 connected to the electromagnet, is urged towards receptacles 106, 108 and also in an upward direction. With a potential difference of from 3,500 to 8,000 volts between the electrodes 20, 22 bran particles are attracted to and through electrode 22, finally passing into the receptacle 106. Endosperm particles remain below electrode 22 and eventually pass into the receptacle 108. The output from supply units 74, 122 is variable. A modified upper electrode, Figs. 5-8 (not shown), comprises a series of longitudinal channels separated by longitudinal openings. The modified apparatus shown in Fig. 9 comprises three upper electrodes 184, 186, 188 from which separated particles are delivered into hoppers 204, 206 and 208 respectively. These electrodes are supported on a common lower electrode 176 which is supported on springs 214 and is vibrated by an unbalanced shaft 130 rotated by a motor 240. A voltage supply unit 262 is connected to each upper electrode, the lower electrode and the other poles of the units being grounded